The former owner of the bank, Fondazione di Venezia, still acts as a charity organization.
Reform in the banking sector in Venice was found by Napoleonic Italy as Banco Pignoratizio Comunale in 1806, using mount of piety model.
In 1820, the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (part of Austrian Empire) government introduce savings bank (Italian: Cassa di Risparmio) system to the city, which the opening of Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia was gazetted on 13 February 1822, despite the bank already opened on 12 February, the birthday of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (the ruler of Austrian Empire).
[1] in the 20th centenary, Carive opened branches in Mestre (1910), Portogruaro (1911), Chioggia (1912) and Dolo (1913), the cities and towns in the modern Province of Venice.
[2] In 1994, the bank merged with the savings bank of Padova and Rovigo, Gorizia, Udine & Pordenone and Banca Agricola di Cerea to form a single holding company Casse Venete Banca, despite the subsidiaries still operated as separate entity.